| Nanubhai Vakil | |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Bulsar, British India |
| Death Place: | Mumbai, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Film Director, Film Producer, Writer |
| Spouse: | Anuradha Vakil |
| Children: | Rajesh Vakil, Rupa Joshi, Pradeep Vakil, Sunil Vakil, Navin Vakil and Jayshree Ramachandran |
| Parents: | Bhimbhai Desai |
Nanubhai Vakil (23 May 1902 – 29 December 1980) was a Hindi and Gujarati film director. He directed the first Gujarati feature film,[1] in 1932, with a biopic on the saint Narsinh Mehta, Narsinh Mehta, whose cast included the actress Mehtab.
Vakil frequently collaborated with Zubeida and Patience Cooper. The twelve-year-old Suraiya, who had done minor roles as a child artist in films like Usne Kya Socha (1937) was cast as the young Mumtaz in Taj Mahal (1941) by Vakil. Vakil later remade several of the silent films "based on Parsi theatre plays".[2] W. M. Khan, who became famous as the first person to sing in an Indian film, "De De Allah Ke Naam Pe Pyare" in Alam Ara (1931) was made to reprise that song and role when he was seventy-one years old by Nanubhai Vakil. The film was Vakil's version of Alam Ara (1973), produced by Maffatlal Shah, with music by Iqbal Qureshi.[3]
| Year | Film | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Veer Pujan | Silent film | |
| 1929 | Tit For Tat | Silent film | |
| 1929 | Sinhaldweep Ki Sundari | Silent film | |
| 1929 | Kumud Kumari | Silent film | |
| 1929 | Dehna Daan | Silent film | |
| 1930 | Vifreli Waghan | Silent film | |
| 1930 | Vanraj | Silent film | |
| 1930 | Sorathi Baharvatiyo | Silent film | |
| 1930 | Sheikh Chilli | Silent film | |
| 1930 | Rasili Radha | Silent film | |
| 1930 | Silent film | ||
| 1930 | Madhbhar Mohini | Silent film | |
| 1930 | Desh Deepak | Silent film | |
| 1931 | Noor-E-Alam | Silent film | |
| 1931 | Mojili Mashuq | Silent film | |
| 1931 | Hoor-E-Roshan | Silent film | |
| 1931 | Baghdad Nu Bulbul | Silent film | |
| 1931 | Azadi Nu Jung | Silent film | |
| 1931 | Albeli Mumbai | Silent film | |
| 1932 | Nakhreli Nar | Silent film | |
| 1932 | Baghdad Ka Badmash | Silent film | |
| 1932 | First Gujarati talkie | ||
| 1932 | Bulbule Baghdad | Hindi | |
| 1933 | Bulbule Punjab | Hindi | |
| 1934 | Rashk-e-Laila | Hindi, Writer | |
| 1934 | Nand Ke Lala | Hindi | |
| 1935 | Birbal Ki Beti | Hindi | |
| 1936 | Mr. and Mrs. Bombay | Hindi | |
| 1937 | Fakhre Islam | Hindi | |
| 1938 | Banke Sanvaria | Hindi | |
| 1941 | Hindi | ||
| 1941 | Hindi | ||
| 1943 | Naya Zamana | Hindi | |
| 1946 | Hindi | ||
| 1947 | Chithrabahavali | Tamil | |
| 1947 | Vedhalapuram | Tamil | |
| 1954 | Gul Bahar | Hindi | |
| 1955 | Hatimtai Ki Beti | Hindi, Producer | |
| 1956 | Lalkaar | Hindi | |
| 1957 | Bansari Bala | Hindi | |
| 1958 | Pehla Pehla Pyar | Hindi | |
| 1959 | Flying Rani | Hindi | |
| 1964 | Idd Ka Chand | Hindi |